Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and structural studies of dialkyl dithiophosphinate and N,N-dialkyl dithio- and monothio-carbamate derivatives of 1-iodo-1,1,2,3,4,5-hexahydrotellurophene

The synthesis of the organotellurium(IV) compounds [C4H8TeI(S2PMe2)] (2), [C4H8TeI(S2PEt2)] (3), [C4H8TeI(S2CNC4H6)] (4) and [C4H8TeI(SOCNC5H10)] (6) was achieved. All of them were characterized by IR, 1H-, 13C-, 31P- and 125Te-NMR, mass spectroscopy, elemental analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In addition, the crystal and molecular structures of the previously known 1,1-diiodotetrahydrotellurophene and [C4H8TeI(S2CNEt2)] (5) were obtained. The geometry around Te(IV) is that of a sawhorse structure in which the lone pair is apparently stereochemically active and occupying an equatorial position in a distorted trigonal bipyramid. All the structures exhibit different supramolecular associations. The intermolecular Te⋯S and Te⋯I interactions result in the formation of dimeric species in 4, and in 1 and 6, respectively. The intermolecular Te⋯S bonds in 2, 3 and 5 lead to formation of one-dimensional polymers.